• dimension arc length

    Someone else brought this up in the 2004 group but didn't get an answer. There used to be a way to dimension an arc length. You could cycle between degrees and length by pressing space. Why this was changed, I don't know. There is a setting in the dimension…
  • How can I stop Local copies of materials??.....

    ....I've got an external Table of materials ( I know this is an old fashioned concept but it works better for how I model and work).......is there a way of stopping the materials from the external tabel being copied in Local??.....see the image below…
  • How can I stop Local copies of materials??.....

    ....I've got an external Table of materials ( I know this is an old fashioned concept but it works better for how I model and work).......is there a way of stopping the materials from the external tabel being copied in Local??.....see the image below…
  • IFC 4 – What’s Going On?

    [Updated March 2016] Formerly known as IFC2x4, buildingSMART published the long awaited IFC 4 specification in April 2013. This is the basis for the specification of subsequent Model View Definitions which are the subsets of the IFC schema for specific…
  • Key-ins to switch levels on/off in a master file and (nested) references

    How to switch a level in a nested reference on or off using a key-in. In order to be able to switch on/off levels on a nested reference, the following settings/variables need to be checked first, to allow editing and saving the changes to the levels…
  • RE: No Workspace/No Workset uses last workspace name and won't allow browsing

    Thanks, I didn't think to look for the opposite of what I was trying to do.
  • RE: PAZ DOORS - Structural Opening as input parameter

    Unknown said: Would you mind expanding these statements to something specific that we can respond to and offer useful advice on? Marc, I will be honest, I don't need any advice (I am not using ABD that much anymore) as this software…
  • What is the best way to create project specific dg catalogs

    I have noticed that there is no way to pick which catalog file is used when one creates a new dg catalog entry via the wall panel. What is the suggested approach? Its likely that if users are creating additional wall types they will want to be going…